Dough-loaf support or receptacle.



F. J. WOLFF.

DOUGH LOAF SUPPORT OR RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.18. 1914.

1,162,427. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

FRIEDRICK J. WOLFE, OF BELLEVILLE, NEW'JERSEY.

i DOUGH-LOAF SUPPORT OR RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 39, 1915.

Application filed December 18, 1914. Serial No. 877,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnoniok J. VVoLrr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belleville, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dough-Loaf Supportsor Receptacles, of'which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to bread or cake dough supports or receptacles,and the object is to produce devices of the character named to whichdough resting thereon or therein will not adhere, so that the dough canbe readily removed by picking it up manually or mechanically or ejectedby tilting or overturning the support or receptacle.

It has been found in the use particularly of dough proofing machines,such for example as shown by my pending application No. 729,398, thatflour in dough receptacles cannot be depended upon to reliably guardagainst adherence of the dough within the receptacles when the latterare overturned to discharge the dough loaves. It is essential to thesatisfactory operation of such machines that every loaf shall be ejectedfrom the receptacles when the latter perform their dumping operations. Ihave found that the most efficient and economical method is to proVidesuch receptacles with an interior coating of the character hereinafterdescribed, and that such coatings are also desirable on dough loafsupports, such as tables, chutes, belt conveyors and other flat supportsand carriers used for proofing or as mere temporary supports or guidesfor the dough loaves. It is therefore to be understood that the use ofthe term supports contemplates stationary or movable flat surfaces orreceptacles.

Referring now to the drawing which represents acentral vertical sectionof a proofing receptacle, it will be seen that I show a walledreceptacle 1, provided with an interior coating 2, (of exaggeratedthickness) of a rough or pebbled character, the coating I being causedto adhere to the receptacle by, the use of binder 3, such as shellac orits equivalent.

copies of this patent may be obtained for The coating consists of avegetable grit,

such as corn flour, meal or grits, or in fact,

any cereal containing practically no gluten. It is necessary that thegrit shall be of a vegetable character so that should any'of it becomedetachedfrom the coating and ad here to the loaf it will not benoticeable or injurious to the consumer of the loaf when baked. With acoating of this character, practice has shown that the dusting of thesupport or dough loaf with flour is not essential to prevent the loaffrom sticking to its support or receptacle.

In applying the coating the support is dipped into shellac (whiteshellac preferably) or the latter may be otherwise applied,with a brushfor eXample,and the vegetable grit is dusted, sifted or otherwiseapplied to the shellac, and after the latter becomes dry, the surplusgrit is shook, brushed, blown or otherwise discharged. The support orreceptacle is then ready for use.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced abread or cake dough support or receptacle embodying the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable and I wish it to be understood thatwhile I have illustrated and described the preferred materials for thecoating and the preferred method of applying the same to the receptacle,I reserve the right to make all changes falling within the spirit andscope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A dough loaf support having its supporting surfaceprovided with apermanent coating of vegetable grit, containing practically no gluten,upon which the loaf is adapted to rest, and a binder for holding thecoating upon the support.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDRICK J. WOLFE.

W'itnesses:

' J. F. VAN HATTEN,

F. H. VVULF.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington,D. C.

